CONGRESO SOBRE DARWIN EN EL 2008

Con motivo de cumplirse próximamente 150 años de la publicación del Origen de las Especies se van a llevar a cabo diversos actos a nivel internacional. Éste, que tendrá lugar en Dinamarca en febrero de 2008, tiene muy buen aspecto. Para más datos pinchar en www.stm.au.dk/darwin2008

7-8 February at the University of Aarhus, Denmark

In 2009 Charles Darwin will be celebrated around the world for his 200th
birthday 12 February and the 150th anniversary for the publication of
On the Origin of Species. Already preparations are in full swing at schools,
universities, museums, production companies and publishing houses.
The internet is buzzing with excitement and antievolutionists are preparing
for a counter strike. But where does that leave historians of science?
What is our role? What can we do? How do we contribute to the Darwin anniversaries?
Is this time for
reflection or time for action? You decide! Come
to Aarhus in February 2008 and let us talk about it -- seriously.

For more information and practical details please visit: www.stm.au.dk/darwin2008

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Peter Bowler (Queen's University, Belfast)
Marwa Elshakry (Harvard University)
Eve-Marie Enges (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Thomas Glick (Boston University)
John van Wyhe (University of Cambridge)

CALL FOR PAPERS:

We invite proposals for papers on the many different receptions, uses and abuses of Darwin and evolution in the almost 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species in an effort to explore what we as historians are saying about Darwin today. We would like each speaker to have in mind a critical look at our profession, at what we are doing, for whom we are doing it and why.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 1 DECEMBER 2007.

For more information please visit: www.stm.au.dk/darwin2008/cfp

ALL WELCOME!

Practical questions should be addressed to conference secretary:
Jakob Bek-Thomsen: www.stm.au.dk/jbekthomsen

Questions regarding the academic programme should be addressed to:
Peter C. Kjaergaard: http://person.au.dk/en/idepck@hum

Anuncio de dos conferencias de Janet Browne sobre Darwin y la recepción de 'El Origen de las especies' (Barcelona, 25 y 26 de octubre de 2007)

Janet Browne

(Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University)

Darwin i la recepció de L’Origen de les Espècies

dues conferències a Barcelona (25 i 26 d’octubre de 2006)

Globalising Darwin

Dijous 25 d’octubre a les 19 hores

Sala d’Actes de la Delegació del CSIC a Catalunya

(c/ Egipcíaques, 15 08001 Barcelona)

Abstract: Paying tribute to the work of Thomas Glick and others, this informal seminar will explore various models of the transmission and popularisation of science as exemplified by the reception of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.

[Conferència de cloenda de la presentació del llibre d’Alberto Gomis Blanco i Jaume Josa i Llorca, Bibliografía crítica ilustrada de las obras de Darwin en España (1857-2005), Madrid, CSIC (Estudios sobre la Ciencia, 42), 2007]

Acte organitzat pel Departament d’Història de la Ciència de la Institució Milà i Fontanals del CSIC a Barcelona i per la Residència d’Investigadors (CSIC - Generalitat de Catalunya)

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Commemorating Darwin

Divendres 26 d’octubre a les 19 hores

Auditori de la Residència d’Investigadors

(c/ Hospital 64 08001 Barcelona)

Abstract: In 2009 there will be many celebrations of Charles Darwin's life and work —the year is simultaneously the the bicentenary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species. The coming events will naturally focus on the rise of evolutionary science and consolidation of the modern scientific method as well as Darwin's still-controversial position in world ideologies. This illustrated address will look back at the various ways in which Darwin has been celebrated in previous anniversaries and explore, from a sociological perspective, his current status as an icon of science.

Acte organitzat per la Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT), societal filial de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), amb la col·laboració de la Residència d’Investigadors (CSIC - Generalitat de Catalunya)